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Maurice Sendak, in memorium -iPad sketch
With the news yesterday of Maurice Sendak's death, I spent the day reflecting on his books and their influence on me.
I was a very shy kid, and stuck to my room most of my childhood. I might've gone crazy if it hadn't been for the message of WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE-- that my room was a doorway to many worlds limited only by my imagination. I got through childhood basically living out Max's vivid, imaginative life. But it wasn't just the story, it was Sendak's understanding of what childhood means, and how, as adults we mistakenly see it through rose-colored lenses. But I know better, and so did Sendak. He will be missed.
Drawn on the iPad, 2 hours total.
Maurice Sendak, in memorium -iPad sketch
With the news yesterday of Maurice Sendak's death, I spent the day reflecting on his books and their influence on me.
I was a very shy kid, and stuck to my room most of my childhood. I might've gone crazy if it hadn't been for the message of WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE-- that my room was a doorway to many worlds limited only by my imagination. I got through childhood basically living out Max's vivid, imaginative life. But it wasn't just the story, it was Sendak's understanding of what childhood means, and how, as adults we mistakenly see it through rose-colored lenses. But I know better, and so did Sendak. He will be missed.
Drawn on the iPad, 2 hours total.